This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.

The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.